Most Mexican food at chain restaruants and Mexican fast-food places is prepared American-style, which menas an abundance of bad fats. Yet it is possible to go Mexican and eat healthfully. Try grilled chicken or fish, pescado Veracruzana (fish in a tangy sauce of olive oail, grilled onions, green olives and capers), mole pollo (boned chicken breast served in a hot and spicy sauce), mojo pollo (chicken in a tangy citrus sauce), or camarones de hacha (shrimp sauteed in a red and green tomato sauce). Stay away from deep-fried tortilla chips; anything topped with cheese, sour cream, or guacamole; refried beans (commonly fried in lard); chimichangas (deep-fried flour tortillas filled with meat and cheese); the Mexican sausage called chorizo; and deep-fried taco-shell bowls.
The South Beach Diet Good Fats, Good Carbs Guide, Arthur Agatston, M.D.
